Apparatus for applying pigment to engraved ends of phonograph-records.



No. 813,514. PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906. J. F. OTT.

APPARATUS FOR APPLYING PIGMENT TO ENGRAVED ENDS OF PHONOGRAPH RECORDS.

APPLICATION TILED SEPT. 22, 1904.

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No. 813,514. PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906. J. F. 'OTT.

APPARATUS FOR APPLYING PIGMBNT TO ENGRAVED ENDS OF PHONOGRAPH' RECORDS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 22. 1904.

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No. 813,514. PATENTED FEBJZ7, 1906.

J. F. OTT. APPARATUS FOR APPLYING PIGMENT T0 ENGRAVED ENDS OF PHONOGRAPE RECORDS.

APPLIGATION FILED SEPT. 22. 1904.

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PW l'ucao A (if? MQ M W UNITED STATES JOHN FQOTT, OF ORANGE, NEWJERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO NEW PATENT OFFICE.

JERSEY PATENT COMPANY, OF ORANGE, NEVV JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF N EW JERSEY.

No.s 13,514.

To all whom it may concern.- Be it known that 1, JOHN F. OTT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of 75 High street, Orange New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Apparatus for Applying Pigment to Engraved Ends of Phonograph-Records, of which the following is a specification.

As now constructed phonograph-records are generally beveled at one of their ends, and on the beveled surface thus formed is engraved the name of the particular selection and generally the trade-mark of the manufacturer of the goods. The materials of which phonograph 'ecords are now made are dark in color, and consequentlythe engraved lettering would be difficult to read. It is therefore desirable that the engraved matter should befilled in with some contrasting pigment, such as white lead. In applying such pigment it is necessary that it should be applied very uniformly with sufficient rapidity to make the operation economical from the manufacturing standpoint and in such a way as to not require continued handlin of the record to possibly injure the surface thereof. g

Myimprove'd machine has for its object and design the accomplishmentof these desirable ends. I

Broadly stated,'the invention consists of a rotating mandrel on which the phonographrecord or other talking-machine record is applied so as to properly presentthe end or face carrying the engraved matter, in combination with a pigment-applying roller normally withdrawn from the record, but movable into engagement with the same to apply pigment to the engraved face or end thereof.

tional view on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1

The invention also consists in details of construction, all as will be more fully hereinafter. described, and set'forth in the claims.

In order that-the invention may be betterunderstood, attention is directed to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved machine, showing the pigment-applying roller in its withdrawn position; Fig. 2, a front elevation of the same; Fig. 3, a detail plan view showing the pigment-applyin roller in engagement with the record, an Fig. 4 a sec- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 22, 1904. Serial No. 225,524.

' ably .made of Patented Feb. 27, 1906.

In all of the above views corresponding parts are represented by the same numerals of reference.

A base 1 carries a suitable stand 2, in which is mounted the shaft 3, carryin a tapered mandrel 4, with which fric'tiona ly engages the phonograph-record or other talk-' ing-machine record 5, usually having a beveled face or end 6, carrying the engraved matter. (Not shown.) On the shaft 3 is mounted a pulley 7, with which engages a belt 8, leading to any convenient source of power.

A second belt 9 extends from the pulley 7 to a pulley 10- on a suitable counter-shaft -11,

base 1. On the end of the counter-shaft 1 1 is a supply-roller 13, made,pre ferably, of felt or ping within a pigment-tank 14. This pigment-tank contains any suitable liquid pigment,.such as a mixture-of white lead in linseed-oil, and the level thereof is maintained .by adding fresh pigmentgas the supply becomesexhausted in use. A wiper 15 bears elastically against the face of the su ply-roller 13,to prevent more than a thin fIlm of the pi ment adhering to the same.

' earing'on the supply-roller 13 is the pigment-app yin roller 16, which is also preferfelt and whichrotates on a swingin At the ee end of the swinging 'arm 17 is.a small handle 19, movable longitudinally thereon, by which the arm may be swung, and

against this han Is is a spring 20. The pigment-applying roller 16 rests by'gravity on the supply-roller 13, and the rotation of the. latter roller in the direction of the arrow (see Fig. 4) carries the pigment-applying roller against a wiper 21, by means of which the supply of pigment thereon may be distributed and any surplus removed, as will be understood.

The operation of themachine .will'of course be obvious. The phonograph-record is applied to the rotating mandrel 4 and rotates frictionally therewith. Pigment from the mounted in bearings '12 12, carried by thesome other good absorbent material, and diparm 17, pivoted on the support 18.

pressing the pi mentapplying roller 16' supply-roller 13 will be furnished to the applying-roller 16, so that the face of the latter will be always covered with a very thin film of the pigment. By moving the pigment-applying roller 16 over into engagement with the" res beveled face of the record pigment therefrom will be applied'to the record, so as to fill up the engraving thereon. When the record is removed from the mandrel, it is wiped lightly with a cloth, so as to remove thesurplus pigment, leaving only the engraved matter filled therewith. By pressing inward on the handle 19 to move the pigment-applying roller 16 nearer the pivot of the lever 17 and against the tension of the spring 20 the pigment-applying roller will be properly engaged with the record regardless of its position on the mandrel. Phonograph-records are made so accurately, however, that their position on the mandrel will not vary much over a quarter of an inch, so that very little adjustment of this kind requires to be made. i

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. In a machine for applying pigment to phonograph or other sound records, the combination with means for carrying and rotating a cylindrical record, of a pigment-apply ing roller normally out of engagementwith the record but adapted to be engaged with the end of the same and means for applying pigment to said roller, substantially as set forth. I a

2. In a machine for applying pigment to phonograph or other sound records, the comination with a mandrel on which the record is held frictionally, of a pigment-applying roller normally held out of engagement with the record but movable into engagement with the end thereof and means for applying pigment to said roller, substantially as set forth. 3. In a machine for applying pigment to phonograph or other sound records, the combination with a mandrel carrying a phono- .graph-record, of a pigment-applying roller normally out of engagement with said record, but movable into engagement therewith, means for applying pigment to said roller and a wiper en aging the roller during the application of t e pigment to the same, substantially as set vforth.

4. In a machine for'applying pigment to phonograph or other sound records, the commation of a mandrel carryinga phonographrecord, a igment-s upply roller, a pigmenttank in. w ich said supply-roller dips, and a pigment-applying roller normally in contact with the supply-roller, but movable. into engagernent with the end of the record, substantially as set forth.

5. In a machine for ap lying pigmhent to. phonograph or other soun records, thecome .tially as set forth.

bination of a mandrel carrying a phonographrecord, a pigment-supply roller, a pigmenttank in which said supply-roller dips, a pigment-applying roller normally in contact with the supply-roller but movable into engagement with the record, and a wiper with which the applying-roller is normally engaged by the rotation of the supply-roller, substantially as set forth.

6. In a machine for applying pigment to ord, a pigment tank, and a supply-roller for furnishing pigment to said applying-roller, substantially as set forth.

8. In a machine for applying pigment to cylindrical sound-records, the combination of a rotary record-support; a pivoted arm, a pigment-applying roller slidable on said arm, and a spring for restoring said roller to its normal position on said arm, substantially as set forth.

9. In a machine for applying pigment to cylindrical sound-records, the combination of a rotary record-support, and a support carrying a pigment-applying roller, said suports being capable of relative movement to bring the roller into and out of engagement with the end of the sound-record, substan- 10. In a machine for applying pigment to cylindrical sound-records, the combination of a rotary record-support, a su port carrying a' pigment-applying roller, sai supports being ca able of relative movement to bring the ro or into and out of engagement with the end of the sound-record, and means for adjusting said roller in the-direction of its axis, substantially as set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 21st day of September, 1904.

JOHN F. OTT.

Witnesses:

HARRY .G. WALTERS, ANNA .R. KLEHM. 

